Mars Attacks! (1996)

Name: Mars Attacks!
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: 1996
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 6.434
Cast: Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Glenn Close, Jack Nicholson, Jim Brown

Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction

6.4 (6,098 votes)

1h 46m

Overview

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Details

Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Jonathan Gems
Original Language: English
Budget: $70,000,000

Cast

Annette Bening Danny DeVito Glenn Close Jack Nicholson Jim Brown Lisa Marie Lukas Haas Martin Short Michael J. Fox Natalie Portman Pierce Brosnan Rod Steiger Sarah Jessica Parker Sylvia Sidney Tom Jones

Keywords

alien alien invasion ambassador based on comic cataclysm congress creature dark comedy farcical flying saucer laser gun outer space parody planet mars playful saving the world the white house total destruction usa president